Friday Highlights 5.8.15

It is officially the first Friday of summer in the Newman house! We finished school at 11:38 a.m. Monday May 4th! Not that we are the least bit excited ;). The rest of our week has been spent playing, reading books, watching movies and thinking about all things summer.

Russ even joined in the early “summer” fun. The stretch between New Years Day and Memorial day is always long and never easy. He decided to take a few vacation days and enjoy the beginning of summer with us. Naturally, it decided to rain (again) and ruin all of our plans #FAIL.

As most of you (hopefully) know, Sunday is Mothers Day. First of all I want to take the chance to tell two very special women Happy Mothers Day. Russ and I are both very blessed to have wonderful moms and we love and appreciate them both dearly.

Lastly my friend Keri knocked it out of the park with another great post about “the forgotten moms”. I would really encourage you to read her post and challenge you to make a positive impact by remembering these precious women on Mothers Day.

{THREE} Mary, Mary…

One place I love to spend hours of my summer playing is in my garden. Not only is it therapy for me, it provides our family with fresh fruits and vegetables, it doesn’t get much better than that.

This past weekend I planted my garden and I thought it would be fun to track it’s progress as it grows.

Wednesday night we attended the 2014/2015 Awana awards ceremony. Marissa received 2 ribbons for completing two books in one year. Not only did she finish two books she completed the reviews for them and earned her extra credit pins. She memorized a total of 86 verses in one year, many of which she still knows.

I love how much she loves Awana and the firm foundation of truth it helps us to build in her life. It is just another way God plants seeds of truth in her heart.

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20 thoughts on “Friday Highlights 5.8.15”

The article on what moms wants is so on point! That's exactly what I'm hoping for (along with perhaps a FlashAir;) )! Now, if only I could convince my little man that sitting still for an entire movie is a good idea…

Your garden looks awesome! I so wish I had a green thumb. Alas, I do not. *sigh*

I read that Scary Mommy article and loved it as well! I am jealous of your garden! We have not yet gotten our beds ready in the new house. Hopefully next year. My old house had a pretty fierce and growing garden full of fresh veggies and fruit each summer. Looking forward to watching your garden's progress!

I know just how that goes. When we moved in here I didn't have a summer garden that year, there just wasn't time. I was able to get my beds done by late summer and plant some fall crops though. Maybe you will be able to do the same! Gardens are simply just the best. I feel SO happy when I am harvesting my crops.

Ugh. I know just how that can be. We must have sent the rain your direction, sorry. It rained here. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was nice to not have to water my garden. But oh my goodness gracious! Hopefully you get a chance soon!

What do you use the pepper jelly for? Our climate isn't quite right for peppers so they are always a bust for me…maybe one day after Thomas builds my greenhouse for me (we'll probably win the lottery first).

It is hard to beat…. I just wish I knew why it stopped working in the first place ☹. Thanks again for letting me know about it.

Pepper jelly is AMAZING. I usually serve it with cream cheese and you eat it on crackers. It is really good on grilled meat and sandwiches too! I hear you there. It has been cool and wet this year and my peppers are HATING it.

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I'm Beth. Wife to Russ & Stay at home turned homeschool mom to Marissa & Emily. I love Jesus, my time at the gym and can usually be found behind the lens of my camera. Our life isn't perfect, but it's ours and I wouldn't trade it for the world. We are so glad that you are here and hope you'll stick around.